Climate Change

India’s Health and Climate Inequities: Navigating the Global North-South Divide

Vivek N.D. • Oct 28 2024 • Articles

Historical legacies of colonialism, extractive capitalism and current global governance structures have left India vulnerable to the impacts of climate change.

Interview – Marco Siddi

E-International Relations • Oct 11 2024 •

Marco Siddi discusses shifting EU-Russia relations and the attitudes to a green energy transition within the EU, as well as the diplomatic efforts needed for its success.

Cooperation or Competition: US-China Dynamics on Climate Change

Jiwon Nam • Aug 1 2024 • Articles

To be more efficient in climate cooperation, the United States and China should recognize their political and ideological differences and concede that cooperation and competition are not mutually exclusive.

Opinion – Washington-Baku Cooperation Towards COP29 in a Fragmented World

Wilder Alejandro Sánchez • Jun 23 2024 • Articles

COP29 comes amidst an increasingly fragmented and violent global (dis)order, giving the Azerbaijani presidency the monumental task of convincing participants to put their differences aside.

The Power of Energy: The Geopolitics of the Energy Transition

Daniel Scholten • Jun 17 2024 • Articles

A smooth transition rests on understanding the complex interplay between (changes in) energy systems and global politics and finding ways for policy makers to balance national interests with collective concerns.

Silver Lining in the Clouds: Will the US Geoengineer?

David Shipton • Apr 28 2024 • Articles

Calls for the US to use its resources to unilaterally embark upon a programme of solar geoengineering are likely to grow louder in coming decades.

Interview – Simon Dalby

E-International Relations • Apr 21 2024 • Features

Simon Dalby discusses the meaning of firepower in today’s society, the impact of the climate crisis on geopolitics, and potential responses to climate change.

Opinion – A Geopolitically Sustainable Green Energy Agenda

Corey Lee Bell and Elena Collinson • Feb 7 2024 • Articles

2023 was a year in which the climate change agenda brought nations together, but again proved unable to shake off deeper competing interests.

IR’s Great Derangement: Climate Change Coverage in IR Journals 2017–2021

George Moody • Feb 6 2024 • Articles

When treated with requisite seriousness, the effects of climate change and the need to address it supersede many traditional preoccupations of the field.

The Drivers of Hydrogen’s Waves of Hype: Between Security and the Environment

John Szabo • Jan 12 2024 • Articles

Climate change is shaping the energy policy decisions leaders make which offers a force large enough to deter any back-pedalling to an oil-based society.

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